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S. A. GOODALE.

POCKET FOR WEARING APPAREL.

Patented Sept. 29, 1885 1% van for:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SARAH A. GOODALE, OF \VATERTOVVN, NEW YORK.

POCKET FOR WEARING-APPAREL.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,971, dated September 29, 1885.

Application filed October 1. 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

- Be it known that I, SARAH A. GOODALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vatertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of New York, have invented certain new and nsefullniprovernents in Pockets for \Vearing- Apparel; and I do hereby declare the follow- 7 ing to be a full, clear, and exact description ing a pocket adapted to be slipped on or off a belt worn upon the person, or to be'secured,

to the person by a pin or other fastening device. To efi'ect these objects, my invention consists in the following construction and arrangement, which will be first fully described,

and the points of novelty claimed therein .then.

indicated in the claim.

The style of pocket shown by Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings is adapted to bereadily slipped on and off of a belt, A, adapted to be worn about the'waist of the wearer. -For this purpose it consists, essentially, of two loops or slots, to (1, preferably at the back of the pocket, through which the belt is passed, as

shown, and two side or "end walls,tl d, and bottom 0. The belt A forms the back of the pocket.

For the purpose of carrying a watch, the

normal depth of the pocket is made less than V the thickness of the average watch. When the watch is slipped in the pocket, the belt,

which forms the rear of the pocket, is pushed aside, and the tension of the belt binds upon the watch to prevent its being accidentally displaced.

' It may be stated that I prefer to make my invention from metal; but wood or any other suitable material may be employed. It will also be understood that various methods or means may be employed for the ornamentation of my improvement, and also as to the different designs, so long as the device sought to be patented is constructed under the claim hereinafter set forth.

The pocket adapted to be worn upon the belt has been designed more particularly for the holding of a Watch; but spectacles, or any.

other article usually Worn about the person, may he carried in it. The metal ends d d of this pocket may be dispensed with, as they In testimony whereof 'I affix .my signature in'presence of two witnesses.

SARAH A. GOODALE.

WVitnesses:

E. J. CLARK, S. D. GREavEs. 

